mountains and rivers

Lunar New Year's eve.

Liang Shu was making dumplings with his grandma in the kitchen, while Qi Yu was watching them, holding a dumpling wrapper in his hand, trying to figure out how they made the dumplings look like cabbage.

Just as he was busy imitating the example, Grandpa called Qi Yu in the living room, and she responded with a loud "Hey", Grandma saw that she still wanted to continue fighting with dumplings, and said, "Grandpa called you."

Qi Yu regretfully put down the "four different images" in his hand, went to the faucet to wash his hands, and walked out of the kitchen to the living room while drying the water.

"Grandpa." She yelled, and grandpa, who was watching the review of the previous Spring Festival Gala on TV, turned his head, and Papa Qi was eating melon seeds on the side.

"Qi Yu, how much did you do in the final math test this time?" Grandpa Qi asked slowly, using the remote control to turn down the volume of the TV.

Qi Yu: "117."

"Study literature and science?" Grandpa Qi continued to ask.

Qi Yu replied honestly: "Study literature."

Grandpa Qi paused when he tuned the channel, looked at his granddaughter resentfully, and let out a deep "ah".

"It's fine that your dad is stupid, but you managed to be smarter, but it turned out to be unreasonable! What about you, you still eat!" Grandpa Qi squinted at Dad Qi who was eating melon seeds next to him, and suddenly shouted loudly.

Father Qi choked, coughed a few times, and said helplessly, "Dad, what are you doing old man, you scared me."

Grandpa Qi snorted, looked at Qi's father and then at Qi Yu, and heaved a long sigh: "Oh, family education has declined, declined..."

Several black lines slid down the foreheads of the father and daughter of the Qi family. Father Qi: "Dad, you are full of peaches and plums, why did you fall? Besides, do you agree with my mother?"

"That's right, please explain clearly, what is decline?" Grandma Qi wiped the water from her hands on the apron, and appeared in the living room: "What's wrong with Xuewen? Oh, there is no future for Xuewen? What are you old-fashioned?" Ideology? The government has said that studying literature and science is equally good, and you are the only one who discriminates? I warn you, Qi Jingyan, that you are academically discriminatory!"

Grandpa Qi muttered: "Our old Qi family is a heir to mathematics. There are many famous masters, and there are mathematicians from generation to generation to win glory for the country..."

Grandma Qi sneered, and Grandpa stopped talking and shut up.

"Let me tell you, we, Yuyu, have said since we were young that we will be my students in the future and take the exam at Peking University. Don't burden my precious granddaughter, Yuyu's Chinese is so good, the little girl studies in the Chinese department at home, Wenwen is quiet and bookish, how nice it is."

Grandma Qi hugged her granddaughter and took her to the kitchen: "Come on, grandma will teach you how to make fish dumplings."

After they left, Grandpa Qi looked at Mr. Zhao Benshan on TV and said, "It's not convenient for you two to go to Jiangzhou, right?"

Qi's father: "Fortunately, I don't bother to go back when the two of them are not at home. I basically stay at work. Liang Shu brings Qi Yu back every Sunday. It's okay to see him once a week."

Grandpa Qi sighed: "Oh, grandma Qi Yu is quite pitiful, celebrating the New Year alone. Why don't you call her grandma over and have fun with us."

Father Qi: "It's not that you don't know that Liang Shu's mother is still in Australia. She doesn't like to join in the fun with a large group of people, but likes to be alone. I heard that one of her students in Australia invited her to her home On New Year's Eve, she just sent a group photo to Liang Shu, she looked very happy."

"That's fine, that's fine." Grandpa Qi nodded, stopped talking, and concentrated on watching TV.

In the evening, Qi Yu's family sat at the big round table. There was a small LCD TV on the dining room wall. Now the Spring Festival Gala was playing, and Dong Qing, the host, was giving an opening speech.Grandpa Qi dipped a chopstick into the wine glass, and secretly took a sip for Qi Yu while grandma wasn't paying attention, just like when Qi Yu was a child, every time a group of professors from Tsinghua University ate and drank together, Qi Yu would sit in her grandfather's arms, I was coaxed by my grandfather to lick the tip of the chopsticks that were stained with Moutai.

The grandpa and grandson looked at each other and secretly smiled.Liang Shu watched Qi Yu craving her grandfather's wine, and when his daughter turned her head, he stretched out his hand and pinched her face: "Little alcoholic."

On the second day of the Lunar New Year's Day, Qi Yu got up early in the morning to ask his grandparents for the New Year's Eve money. He made a lot of money, and then flattered Qi's father, making him dizzy. After giving the New Year's Eve money, he returned her WeChat A large amount of pocket money was transferred online.

Qi Yu accepted the transfer, and was going to go out with the friends who grew up in the family courtyard in the afternoon, and this money was considered as the funds given by his father.After lunch at noon, grandparents took a nap, she put on her clothes lightly, put on her scarf and hat, put on her boots, and went out after talking to Liang Shu.The friends in the courtyard downstairs were already waiting for her. A group of people walked out of the gate in a familiar way, and walked outside, passing by the Tsinghua Garden. freeze.

After leaving the Tsinghua campus, they took a taxi and went to the Summer Palace ice rink to skate. Qi Yu had been obsessed with it since he was a child, and his level was superb.

After playing all afternoon, my friends are all ice masters, they are good at ice, and when they get excited, they get upset, pushing and shoving to see who will slip first, Qi Yu hides and hides, and escapes in an S-shaped line in the crowd , No one can catch her.

After leaving the ice rink, the friends had red noses and gasped as they spoke: "Sure, Qi Xiaoyu, it seems that you have been to the south for half a year, you "tigger on ice" (Qi Yu is a tiger) His name hasn’t been buried yet.”

"Fuck your Tigger." Qi Yu thumped their heads.

After staying on the ice for an afternoon, Qi Yu was poured a bowl of ginger soup by his grandma when he entered the door. The hot feeling flowed from his throat all the way to his stomach, burning like fire.She resentfully walked to the sofa and sat down. Grandpa smiled and asked, "Did you go to the Summer Palace to play ice today?"

Qi Yu hummed wearily, and Grandpa Qi became interested: "Your grandpa and I were also good players on the ice back then, and your grandpa Gu, Grandpa Lin and the others dominated the ice arena, but now our legs and feet are not good enough."

Grandma ruthlessly exposed him: "That's right, when your grandpa was young, he loved to go skating in the Summer Palace, and every time he had to go with Gu Laolin and the others, because no one else would like to take your grandpa with him except for the two of them. Playing, the last ice track grabbed the staff's hand and didn't let it go, and it would fall if I let it go."

Grandpa Qi: "Old woman! You're the only one who talks too much!"

Qi Yu laughed so hard that he couldn't speak.

After the second day of the Lunar New Year, people began to come to pay New Year's greetings.The Qi family has a simple population and not many serious relatives.Most of them are students of Grandpa Qi and Grandma Qi, as well as Liang Shu's classmates who teach in Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts. When they heard that she was in Tsinghua Family Academy, they came to see her.These are all welcome guests at home, and everyone raises their spirits to greet them.

In addition, there are people who come to find Qi's father to do business, and these are not likable guests.They are generally well-dressed, and they look more decent than most of the scholars who come to the door. They carry large and small bags of expensive gifts in their hands. As soon as they enter the door, they greet their family members attentively, and then nod and bow to Qi's father: "President Qi!" Laughing and going up to greet one, warmly hug one, and then pass a cigarette, this is the general process.Some people who will come have to shake hands with their grandparents one by one, flatter them for a round, and then praise Liang Shu Qiyu sternly, saying "madam" and "daughter", which makes Qiyu's ears hurt.

Grandpa Qi couldn't bear to look at them. He blew his beard and stared and wanted to ask the security guards to drive them out of the family building, but Grandma Qi pushed them back to the study and locked them up every time.

Qi Qujiang smiled wryly, this is why his father didn't want to see him.Although he is a civil servant in the system, due to the nature of his job, he inevitably has to come into contact with various people.Usually it’s okay, but during the Chinese New Year, these businessmen who are used to making money can always send various gifts to his family members from various channels. The old people are always furious, and when Grandpa Qi can’t hold back his temper, he will even spoil them. The packet was thrown out of the house.However, there is still an endless stream of people giving gifts. This downfall will bring new people up next year to find someone to do things.

Out of sight and out of mind, the two old men went out to chat and drink tea at the professors' homes in the yard.Liang Shu stayed at home with Qi Qujiang to deal with the guests, while Qi Yu was driven to the study by his mother to do homework, and was called out only after the guests had left.

In the evening, the grandparents who stayed outside for a day came back.A group of people broke into his house during the day. Grandpa now feels that the house is full of smoke, and the miasma has polluted the tranquility of his old man's house. He is so angry that he has no appetite to eat.

The two elderly people in the family were not in the mood for dinner. As a daughter-in-law, Liang Shu was considerate. He mixed some salad, cut up all kinds of fresh fruits, and cooked some oatmeal. While serving the food on the table, Qi Yu said : "Play a tune for your grandparents."

Qi Yu obediently sat in front of the piano in the corner of the living room, opened the piano cover, touched the keys with his fingers, and played "Moonlight".

The soft music fluttered in the air, Grandpa Qi relaxed his frowning brows, and his eyes gradually softened.Grandma Qi sat next to him, looking at her granddaughter tenderly.The old people picked up the spoons and ate dinner accompanied by the sound of music.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, it is said that a daughter should go back to her natal home, but Qi Yu’s grandma is spending the winter in Australia now, and she is not in China, so naturally there is no such thing as going back to her grandma’s house.Qi Yu stayed at his grandfather's house peacefully, playing chess and reading books with the two old people every day, and playing a few tunes for them at night.Time passed quickly, Qi's father went to work on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and it was time for Qi Yu and Liang Shu to return to Jiangzhou.

After getting off the plane, Qi Yu was still very reluctant, thinking about the look of her grandparents sending her into a taxi at the gate of the family building, and only came to her senses when the car stopped at the gate of the country garden, and Liang Shu told her to get off .

Carrying luggage and walking into the community, there were not many people in the housing complex in the school district in the first month, and the short boots made a "creaking" sound when they stepped on the cold and hard ground.Qi Yu picked up the suitcase and went upstairs, when there was still a flight of stairs left, a door opened upstairs, and Pei Yin's figure appeared at the door.

"When I heard the movement in the stairs, I asked if you guys came back." Seeing Qi Yu and Liang Shu, Pei Yin smiled, and she turned her head: "Sanyi, go and help Qi Yu and Auntie carry their luggage."

There was a sound of "thump thump" on the stairs, Qian Sanyi stepped on the stairs and ran down, took the box from Qi Yu's hand: "Give it to me."

"It's okay, it's not serious..."

"Give it to me, you can't even straighten your waist." Qian Sanyi picked up her suitcase and walked up two steps with her long legs.He walked up slowly and put the box in the corridor, then came down and took the two small boxes from Liang Shu's hands.

Liang Shu walked up and said with a smile, "Thank you Sanyi."

Walking up, she said to Pei Yin, "You said that's what it takes to raise a son. The young man has tall legs and long legs, so he can carry two suitcases without much effort."

Pei Yin smiled brightly when she heard her praise her son, and then thought of their mother and daughter just coming back, so she hurriedly said: "You guys are tired from the two-hour plane ride, go back and rest first, let's go together tonight Let's eat. One by one his grandma brought me a lot of dishes, and you also help us solve them."

Liang Shu smiled: "Okay, let's go back first, see you in the evening."

After finishing speaking, she opened the door, asked Qi Yu to say goodbye to Pei Yin and the others, and went home.